Five dove hunters in a field across a West Lubbock elementary school caused a lockdown Wednesday

Five dove hunters in a field across a West Lubbock elementary school caused a lockdown Wednesday, Sept. 11, when their birdshot struck a teacher walking her children home.

The teacher, who was not injured, grabbed her two children and ran back into the school, which had already let students out for the day, according to a 911 recording police released Thursday, Sept. 12.

Numerous on- and off-duty police officers converged on the school about 4 p.m., where they heard several more shots, according to a Lubbock Police Department news release.

The five men were found and detained by Lubbock police, according to the release. Four of the hunters were released pending filing of deadly conduct charges. One of the men, Tyler Falgout, was arrested on an unrelated LPD warrant.

In the recording, the unidentified caller told a dispatcher the teacher saw a man with a shotgun by the railroad tracks on the north side of the school before she fled with her children. The caller said faculty members were still on campus.

“I’m not sure this person knows what’s going on, but our staff are at risk,” the unidentified caller said to the dispatcher.

She told the dispatcher birds were flying everywhere.

Investigators believe the hunters shot recklessly in the direction of the school, according to the release.

LPD is working with the Texas game warden’s offices and the Lubbock City Attorney’s Office to see if additional charges will apply, according to the release.

Dove season opened in Texas on Sept. 1, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website. However, it is illegal to hunt inside city limits, according to Game Warden Capt. Jonny Heaton.

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there are rules. Those rules are spelled out in Texas Senate Bill 1742 of the 81st Legislature which states which types of weapons can be fired on annexed land after Sept. 1, 1981.
"A shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow can be discharged on a property that was annexed after 9/01/1981 and is: 10 acres or more, and more than: 1) 1000 ft from any public land, school, day care or hospital. 2) 600 ft from any residential subdivision and multifamily residential complex. 3) 150 ft from a residence or occupied building on another property.

A center fire or rim fire or pistol can be discharged on a property that was annexed after 9/01/1981 and is: 50 acres or more, and more than: 1) 1000 ft from any public land, school, day care or hospital. 2) 600 ft from any residential subdivision and multifamily residential complex. 3) 300 ft from a residence or occupied building on another property.

Why did the A-J censors feel this post was inappropriate and delete it? Like it or not these are facts, if you disagree, contact your Texas State Senator Robert Duncan or one of area members of the Texas House of Representatives.

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The title of this article should be "Poor Gun Control leads to poor gun control." So glad that the Legislature lowered the number of classroom hours needed for a Concealed Handgun License. They learned such a valuable lesson from Hunter Education courses not being mandatory for all and allowing one-year waivers.

This is a prime example of why Texas should NOT arm teachers in schools. The possibility of this teacher being armed would have likely caused her to fire upon innocent people. If the proper acreage requirements were met for these hunters to be there, then they are completely legal in being there to hunt.

Yes it is stupid that one of the hunters may have fired in the direction of the school, but to file charges on him (them) for this is insane. It is very common for hunters to "pepper" other hunters from time to time, I've done it and I've also been "peppered". It doesn't hurt and it's just part of what goes along with hunting with shotguns with shells filled with tiny BB's.